Postal museum, Colombo
 Name board at the entrance | |
  Location in central Colombo | |
| Established | 6 July 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 6°55′40.9″N 79°51′29.1″E / 6.928028°N 79.858083°E |
| Type | Post |
| Website | Department of Post |
Postal museum is a Sri Lanka's national museum of post that located at the Postal Headquarters in
General Post Office in 1994. Again, a national postal museum was opened on 6 July 2010.[1]
The museum has basic information on Dutch period post offices, rare stamps, equipment, pillar boxes, etc.[2] Overall, the museum gives the picture of Sri Lanka Post's history.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sri Lanka's snail mail history". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Post - Our Museum". Department of Post. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "When pigeons carried mail from place to place". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
